This week I’m featuring birds that are not well-known by most people.  This Least Flycatcher is one of the 11 North American species in the genus Empidonax which means “king of the gnats.”  They are all notoriously similar in appearance; little olive-gray birds with wing bars and eye-rings.  The best way to tell them apart is by their calls.  I did hear this one call so I’m confident that it is a Least Flycatcher.  Only 5 of the Empidonax flycatchers are likely to be seen in Minnesota.  This photo was taken in Lake County, MN, this spring.